Then he and I get a warning mine for exposing him, his for plagiarizing. So basically Tom removed the poem after Dean disabled the poem after we caught on. It's not just morally/ethically wrong or breaking just fanstory rules but breaking the laws as well. So does he get a warning to? After he has gotten away with the same poem being posted on several other sites and won with the same plagerized poem? Here is my final letter to Tom after I received a warning. If he has done it numerous of times before and yet again in the last week, who's to say he won't do it again? He's gotten away with it so many times.įANSTORY also has the ability to add copywrite/protection to your poems.ĭon't actually think they hold any validity, just a pretty pic. Yet he is still aloud on the site and gets a small slap on the hand (warning.) and a reviewer reward on top. I have seen other honest and talented writters such as Indie, Tammy Gail and others banned for far less offense then plagiarism which isn't just morally wrong or breaking one of Tom's rules but AGAINST THE LAW. He obviously got a warning even though he didn't just break Tom's little rules which punishments seem to vary depending on person. I got a warning as it's against fanstory regulations to expose a cheater or plagiarist publicly on their or your own page or to write a poem about it. No idea what happened with the 90.00 credits given to Dean, he had several days to spend it. After I contacted Tom yesterday, The reward of split pot of the 90.00 fanstory credits went to the 4 deserving poets in 2nd place. And a link to evidence and let him know i was aware he used the same poem on other sites, he latter logged in, went to all the sites including, WritersCarnival etc and removed them, some it appears he has deleted his whole account. He has used this poem on several other poetry sites and have won and got placings, including Fanstory.įanstory owner Tom was notified by a poet who hosted the poetry contest, same day contest ended which was may 9th 2013, then yesterday morning 15th of May 2013, I did my quick 2 second log in to find that he had received a reviewer reward and nothing been done so I congratulated him for the reviewer reward and getting away with plagiarism. Copy and paste it in your browser and then press enter and you will see the poem. By Dean Kuch) which was a copy and paste (plagiarized poem) of this bellow. Seuss style sonnet contest, where his poem (Dr. When a poet named: Dean Kuch was caught plagiarizing on a recent fanstory Write a Dr. My experience on this site has been positive until a few days ago. There are also poetry and writting courses that can be taken with professional teachers for a fee of $90.00 USD you can learn grammar and punctuation, how to write stories, sonnets, Haiku ETC. Other positives of this site is you are able to get positive/helpful reviews off other poets which can allow you to grow as a poet. You also have the opportunity to Self publish your book and sell them at. You only win fanstory credits (Member dollars) from prompts and challenges and can win up to a max of 90.00 member dollars, but other contests created by fanstory/Tom, you can win cash prize for 1st place of $100.00 USD, 2nd I think is member dollars and 3rd prize is: 10.00 member dollars. Fanstory also holds competitions from prompts, challenges and monthly reviewer rewards or poem or story of the month. Fanstory members have a chance to rate each poem/ story they read, on a star system ranked from 1 star to 6 stars ratting. It gives the opportunity to have your poems or stories read and reviewed by Fanstory members. Fanstory is a community of poets/writers ranging from novice - professionals. I have been a member of Fanstory.Com since 2011.
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